<p dir="ltr">Hello Mathieu,</p>
<p dir="ltr">The attached document indicated that decision will be handled based on case by case basis which is fine. </p>
<p dir="ltr">However I think sub-bullet 1 of item 2 on page 6 is not explicit about decision making process. I like to suggest that when independent council is required, the legal committee should rather recommend (not decide on behalf) to the group as it should be the decision of the CCWG-ACT to make. Such recommendation should also include adequate rationale on why external council is preferred over ICANN legal staff.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my LG G4<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 Jul 2016 5:10 p.m., "Mathieu Weill" <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Based on the feedback received during last week’s call, as well as on the robust discussion on the list, we are suggesting a revised approach for the Legal Committee : <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Composition based on previous Legal executive team<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Co-chairs remain budget owners, working with support from the PCST<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Legal committee may direct requests to external firms, on a case by case assessment taking into account costs, skills as well as potential requirement for “independent” advice. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We believe this strikes a good balance between the need to manage costs efficiently and responsibly, and the ability for our group to request independent advice when needed. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Depending on the feedbacks, we will report on our progress to the Board Finance Committee and SO/AC leaders during a call that has been arranged at the BFC’s request on Monday 25 July. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mathieu Weill<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Co-chair<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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